Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-12-16
Houses Wrecked, Lives Lost and Pror
erty Destroyed by a Hurricane.

Houses Wrecked, Lives Lost and Prop
erty Destroyed by Hurricane.
! Los ANGELES, December 15th.-In addi-
| tion to the demolition by the storm of
| hotels. houses and roofs in the San Gabriel
valley, reported Tuesday night, by far the
| greatest disaster, entailing as il did the
| death of two persons and the serious in
| jury to number of others, occurred at
| Crescenta Canada, small settlement about
| twelve miles north of this city.
| The new hotel at this place, begun eight
| months since, was finished two weeks ago
and Edwin NJ. Arnold, recent arrival
| from the East, took charge of it as man
ager. His family, consisting of wife and
| two daughters, ten and three years of age
| live with him, occupying rooms on the
| lower floor. About sixteen guests were
housed in the building. The house was
built, as almost all frame buildings are in
this section, simply rising from the ground
without anchoring or piling.
| The building showed signs of straining
under the gale during Monday and Tues
day, and it was determined to brace it
when the storm abated sufficiently. The
| guests and Mr.. Arnold's family also made
| up their minds during Tuesday if the wind
| kept up they would leave the house at the
| first indication of its weakening and seek
shelter behind large rock in the vicinity
| About half-past twelve, Mr.. Arnold. fear
| ing a catastrophe, told his wife to dress
| herself and children, and they would go to
| the rock, as it was hazardous to remain
any longer in the rocking building He
also extinguished the lamp and lit several
| candles. The storm at this time seem at
| its hight The rafting of windows and
\ awful creaking of the timbefs and walls be-
came appalling. Again urging his wife to
make haste, he went toward the front door
to see what the chances for their escape
were.
THE BUILDING GOES DOWN.
| He had just reached the door and was
| about TO open it, when, in an instant, he
was in absolute darkness, made horrible by
! the sound of falling bricks and crashing
| timbers. 1t took him but a moment to
realize that the house had fallen and that
he himself had been struck down and i'm
| prisoned in mass of debris. His efforts
| to release himself were futile To add to
| his agony, above the awful noise of the
storm he could hear shouts for help. Not
| knowing how his wife and children had
| Jared or where they were, his position was
| intensified by finding his most strenuous
| struggles to loosen himself fruitless. He
was truly miserable.
| The cries and screams for help of the
| guest in the hotel finally brought neigh
Dor named Holley to the scene of the
| wreck
Mr.. Arnold was the first to attract his at
| tention. Mr.. Holley, after considerable
work, managed to remove the imprisoning
wreckage, and Arnold crawled out. 1t was
with great fear that he searched for his
| family.
Above the noise of the wind he could
hear the voice of his baby crying: "Oh,
papa; oh, papa; where are you, papa ?'
The man worked with a giants strength
to clear away the fragments impeding his
way. He called loudly on his wife and
children, but only once he heard the feeble
| reiteration of his baby's cry for him. Other
wise there came no reply but the noisy
gusts of wind.
After an hours work Mr.. Arnold, by the
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family. They were found under the tim
bers and, to all appearances, dead.
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